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[GH85Carrera]

[john70t]

[GH85Carrera]

Ironically the two main anti aircraft weapons of the US Navy in WW2 (the Bofors and the Oerlikon) were first produced by a foreign country, who intern sold the design to both sides of the war (Italy on the Axis side). Germany did not buy it and had to rely on captured pieces. The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. The gun was designed as an intermediate anti-aircraft gun, filling the gap between fast firing close-range small calibre anti-aircraft guns and slower firing long-range high calibre anti-aircraft guns, a role which previously was filled by older outdated guns. The Bofors 40 mm L/60 was for its time perfectly suited for this role and outperformed competing designs in the years leading up to World War II in both effectiveness and reliability. American examples were made by Chrysler.






These mysterious stones in Romania called 'trovants' grow, move and even breed. After every heavy rain shower, they absorb the rain's minerals, which then mix with the chemicals already present in the rock, creating a reaction and pressure inside - ultimately making the stone grow and multiply. Courtesy: Earthly Mission


Two men wearing a traditional Dutch outfit, circa 1900. If the Paris designers see this, it will be the hot new fashion.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

These mysterious stones in Romania called 'trovants' grow, move and even breed. After every heavy rain shower, they absorb the rain's minerals, which then mix with the chemicals already present in the rock, creating a reaction and pressure inside - ultimately making the stone grow and multiply. Courtesy: Earthly Mission


Two men wearing a traditional Dutch outfit, circa 1900. If the Paris designers see this, it will be the hot new fashion.

The pancake air filter is pretty cool.

I'm pretty sure in the top pic of the stones, those were harvested from some caveman and put on display by the women as a warning to other cavemen. Or maybe those are just the result of cavemen marriages.

These fascinating ‘living stones’ were thought to consist of a stone core with an outer shell of sand, and after a heavy rain small stone forms are said to appear on the rocks leading them to be dubbed as the “growing stones”. What’s more interesting is the fact that these Trovants when cut had spherical and ellipsoidal rings similar to the ones of a tree trunk. These growing rocks were thought to look identical and even move like the sliding rocks of death valley.
Stones that grow and… move?
There were few studies about origin of these growing stones of Romania, and there are many hypothesis, some of them even fantastical. According to International Geological Congress conducted in Oslo 2008, these “Trovanti” were improperly considered as “sandstone concretions”. The study of these trovants was started in the Carpathians area from about 1883 (Cobalcescu) and by 1900 Koch gave his opinions about their origin.

It was found that there was no mineralogical difference between these pseudoconcretions and the surrounding sands, with no distinct nucleus inside them, and their cement is often carbonate-type. According to some reports, there was a sedimentation basin in this area some 6 million years ago, and the trovants were not identical, and complex aggregates of two ore more trovants can often be found.

According to the hypothesis of the congress, the Trovants of Romania represent diagenetic textures reflecting paleodynamic (paleoseismic) conditions and correspond to specific compactions of the sandy sediments containing locally solutions (especially carbonate) accumulated in the sand, which during important seismic shocks and under the influence of the internal cohesion forces tended to spherical forms.

The gravitation force, seismic shocks, solution cohesion forces (particularly surface tension) and the adhesion strength between the sand grains and the liquid are believed to be involved in this process. It is to be noted that this hypothesis on the seismic origin of the trovants is very well sustained by many laboratory experiments.



The perfect spherical shaped Trovants which sometimes can be found are believed to be because of great magnitudes and durations of the paleoearthquakes. There are many trovants in Romania which are even diversely shaped. As far as the growth of these ‘living stones’ is concerned, certain stones may gradually get slightly larger as the result of absorbing water, in this case, the accumulations and deposits of minerals cemented by waters rich in calcium carbonate seems to be the reason.

The growth of Trovant stones in Romania is believed to happen when a chemical reaction sets in between the layers of deposits and the mineral carbonates in the presence of rain water.

someone trying to be a little Dutch boy for school

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by masraum

someone trying to be a little Dutch boy for school

Whats the story here?

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Pretty sure I wouldn't want him pizzed at me!

[craigster59]

[GH85Carrera]

Clever home made tool.


Glass Frogs Have Translucent Stomachs

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Whats the story here?

I honestly can't remember. I think it was some sort of presentation at school, put on for parents where everyone had to dress up from a different country, but I'm not positive. I think that was 1979.

Looks like an angy cat peed in that shoe.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I haven't seen MASH in years. We used to watch it all of the time when I was young. I keep thinking I want to watch some to see how well it's holding up and if it still holds my interest.

Similar shows don't hold my interest like they did originally, Seinfeld, Cheers, Frazier, and Friends were all very entertaining. I've probably seen them all multiple times via reruns. But if I see them now, they don't hold my interest the same.

I'd like to check out one or two episodes from a bunch of the stuff that I remember from when I was really young.















this one needs sound (you'd have probably heard it when you saw a pic anyway.

[A930Rocket]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

At first glance I would say that’s a bad tile job, but I think it’s a shower and what they’re doing is sloping it towards the drain.

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by masraum

Looks like an angy cat peed in that shoe.

Dumb dog, probably Oscar. Shoes were chewed previously, probably by Zora.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

At first glance I would say that’s a bad tile job, but I think it’s a shower and what they’re doing is sloping it towards the drain.

Yep, I agree. They still could have done a better job with having the tiles meet/match.

[billybek]

Originally Posted by masraum

Yep, I agree. They still could have done a better job with having the tiles meet/match.

I would go absolutely nuts if I had to look at that every morning.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by billybek

I would go absolutely nuts if I had to look at that every morning.

My wife would have to have it redone.

[GH85Carrera]

Not a real pro job.


Old Dick Whittington Pub,Cloth Fair London c1910


GRAMMICHELE - THE HEXAGONAL TOWN, 17th century, province of Catania, Italy 🇮🇹
What makes the city of Grammichele unique is its hexagonal plan. Starting from the large central square, alleys and streets branch off that give it this shape.
The town was founded after the great Sicily earthquake of 1693 wiped out an earlier settlement called Occhialà, located to the north of modern Grammichele.
Grammichele was built by Carlo Maria Carafa Branciforte, the Prince of Roccella and Butera. Designed by Michele da Ferla, it was the first city in Europe with a hexagonal plan. Its layout was probably inspired by Palmanova, a fortified town built one hundred years earlier.
Grammichele has a hexagonal plan that could be potentially extended indefinitely. The hexagonal plan designed for Grammichele is divided into six sectors by six roads all converging towards the main square, which is hexagonal too, on which public offices are overlooked.




Banksia coccinea


In 1873, wealthy railroad magnate, Jacob A. Henry built his imposing mansion on Eastern Avenue, Joliet, Illinois, which was then referred to as "Silk Stocking Row." He employed a master craftsman from Germany along with three cabinet- makers to fashion the elaborate carved interior. It took three years to complete and has 16,800 square feet consisting of over 40 rooms. Photo by @thetonycrawford

[GH85Carrera]

Back in the days when that was common in bathrooms I dated a chick with a bathroom all done up in green, just like that. With the fuzzy lid and tank cover the toilet seat would NOT stay up by itself. That meant I had to hold the seat up with one hand while availing myself of the facilities. It made it a challenge to get my bladder emptied and not make a giant mess.

[Jolly Amaranto]

At times like that I just turn around, drop trow and sit down.
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[GH85Carrera]

[GH85Carrera]

A view of an F/A-18E Super Hornet being lowered onto Military Sealift Command's large medium speed roll-on, roll-off ship USNS Mendonca (T-AKR 303) in Sicily, Italy, Aug. 16. The aircraft was on loaded to Mendoca for transport to the United States.
The aircraft had recently been recovered from the Mediterranean Sea after being blown off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during heavy weather.
(U.S. Navy photo)